The candidate seeks appropriate leadership roles and opportunities to take responsibility for student learning, to collaborate with learners, families, colleagues, other school professionals, support staff, and community members to ensure learner growth, and to advance the profession.
It is important for educators to seek out leadership roles for the promotion of their content area and for teaching as a profession. Teachers who can demonstrate leadership and be involved show students what it is like to be an involved world member. For a teacher to be successful, they must become acquainted and be able (and willing) to collaborate with the students, families of the students, their fellow teachers, others staff, and the community. Especially as music teachers, we are often the face of community outreach as our program is a very visible one. We see a large majority of the schools students as we see multiple grades. It is imperative that music teachers can develop these appropriate relationships within their leadership roles for the success of the program they have but further more, the students involved.
While in my student teaching, I was given several chances to exercise and build on these skill sets. I was an active member of the community making sure that I stayed involved in events such as their basketball pep bands and chili feeds. I was privileged to take further leadership as I was involved in quite a bit of the decision making for the high schools upcoming marching show with the selection of the aforementioned show and the leadership (Reference artifact #1, Drum Major Tryouts). I took on major leadership roles within the high school band program to help them with District and All State Solo/Ensemble contest this year. I worked with various groups and was able to step in when one of my cooperating teachers needed to be gone for a funeral as one of the leaders (Reference artifact #2, All State Solo/Ensemble). One of the biggest community events that the entire band program 5-12 does is called their "Mass Band Concert" at the end of the year. I was asked to conduct a piece with each group and be part of the set up. This event is one May 6, 2019 and I will have a chance to be leading the groups in front of a very large percentage of the community (Reference artifact #3, Mass Band).
Being a leader is pivotal as a music teacher. You must be able to engage and respectfully interact with all members of the community. Throughout my student teaching I was given the opportunities to do just that. These skills I have begun to develop will be pivotal for me as I go into my career.
While in my student teaching, I was given several chances to exercise and build on these skill sets. I was an active member of the community making sure that I stayed involved in events such as their basketball pep bands and chili feeds. I was privileged to take further leadership as I was involved in quite a bit of the decision making for the high schools upcoming marching show with the selection of the aforementioned show and the leadership (Reference artifact #1, Drum Major Tryouts). I took on major leadership roles within the high school band program to help them with District and All State Solo/Ensemble contest this year. I worked with various groups and was able to step in when one of my cooperating teachers needed to be gone for a funeral as one of the leaders (Reference artifact #2, All State Solo/Ensemble). One of the biggest community events that the entire band program 5-12 does is called their "Mass Band Concert" at the end of the year. I was asked to conduct a piece with each group and be part of the set up. This event is one May 6, 2019 and I will have a chance to be leading the groups in front of a very large percentage of the community (Reference artifact #3, Mass Band).
Being a leader is pivotal as a music teacher. You must be able to engage and respectfully interact with all members of the community. Throughout my student teaching I was given the opportunities to do just that. These skills I have begun to develop will be pivotal for me as I go into my career.